Arrie Rebecca Pullig Blackstock

Funeral Services for Mrs. Arrie Rebecca Pullig Blackstock, 96, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 23, 2016 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA with Rev. Peyton Bass and Rev. William Edwards officiating. Interment will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Calhoun, LA.Mrs. Blackstock was born on November 3, 1919 in Arcadia, LA to Drayton Pullig and Della Cox Pullig, who preceded her in death along with her husband of 57 years, John D. Blackstock; two sons, James Merle Blackstock and John Drayton Blackstock; daughter, Penny Jenkins; and one grandson, John Jenkins.She is survived by one son, Charles Mahlon “Bill” Blackstock and wife Dorothy; grandchildren, Tammy Brown, Tanya Barton, Davin Lowery, Chris Jenkins, Dianne Blackstock Kent and husband Jay and Charles Mahlon Blackstock, II and wife Lanie; eight great grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.Mrs. Blackstock’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., Friday, July 22, 2016 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.The family would like to extend their utmost appreciation to her caregivers, Ms. Lila Wilhite and Mrs. Gladys Williams. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.